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25/01/1985 Horror, Thriller 1h 50m
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Jennifer has a few million close friends. She's going to need them all!

Overview

A young girl, with an amazing ability to communicate with insects, is transferred to an exclusive Swiss boarding school, where her unusual capability might help solve a string of murders.

  1. Dario Argento

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Jennifer Connelly

    Jennifer Corvino

  2. Daria Nicolodi

    Frau Brückner

  3. Fiore Argento

    Vera Brandt

  4. Federica Mastroianni

    Sophie

  5. Fiorenza Tessari

    Gisela Sulzer

  6. Dalila Di Lazzaro

    Headmistress

  7. Patrick Bauchau

    Inspector Rudolf Geiger

  8. Donald Pleasence

    Professor John McGregor

  9. Alberto Cracco

    UBS Bank Teller

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-10-03
Phenomena, doo-doo doo-doo-doo.

Arriving at a Swiss Academy for girls, Jennifer Corvino (Jennifer Connelly) gets embroiled in the workings of a serial killer. Her friends the insects and Professor John McGregor (Donald Pleasence) are on hand to help if possible.

Directed and co-written by horror legend Dario Argento, Phenomena is a mixed bag. Ignoring the butchered American version, which was titled Creepers, the full uncut version is still messy. Argento the director is doing good work here, which explains why the film has a sturdy reputation. His eye for striking imagery and horror sce...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,800,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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